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To reduce the chances of wildfire in the Woodside Fire Protection District, crews will be coming around to neighborhoods in Portola Valley, Woodside and nearby communities, starting Tuesday, May 3, to convert residents' excess brush and branches into wood chips.

The fire district's annual wood-chipping program is free to residents of the district and runs from May to November, with crews making at least one visit to every residential street in the district. The neighborhoods of Vista Verde, Los Trancos Woods and Blue Oaks will be first, on May 3.

Brush and tree branches less than 8 inches in diameter should be piled in neat stacks next to the road, with piles less than 10 feet high or wide and with cut ends facing the road. Eucalyptus and poison oak are not allowed, nor is wood embedded with nails or screws.

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